An area of empirical research developed from ethnomethodology, conversation analysis is represented primarily in the studies of H.Sacks, E.Schegloff, and G.Jefferson. Sacks’ earlier studies emphasized the properties of practical reasoning (see...

In conversation analysis, term referring to the fact that—in their choice of verbal and non-verbal devices (e.g. gazing)—speakers orient themselves towards the expectations of the listeners. Thus, turns are constructed interactively. For...

Conversation analysis has evolved over several decades as a distinct variant of ethnomethodology. Its beginnings can be traced to the mid-1960s, to the doctoral research and the unpublished but widely circulated lectures of Harvey Sacks. Sacks was a...

Conversation analysis (commonly abbreviated as CA) is the study of talk in interaction. CA generally attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction, whether this is institutional (in the school, doctor's surgery,...